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I am here to request Maintenace Mode.

I can close the wiki whenever I need to change something. With a notice. Then open again.

Thank you!

Event Timeline

SoyokoAnis raised the priority of this task from Normal to High.Apr 21 2020, 16:46
SoyokoAnis moved this task from Backlog to Pending answer on the Configuration board.
SoyokoAnis edited projects, added Extensions; removed Configuration.
Zppix lowered the priority of this task from High to Normal.Apr 21 2020, 17:16

Please do not use the High priority for tasks like this.

Are you going to add the extension?

AmandaCath subscribed.

@SoyokoAnis what extension specifically are you requesting? Vague descriptions of desired functions are hard to follow - it is easier if you can provide the name of the extension from MediaWiki.org that you seek.

Whenever I need to change the site for something I'll have Maintenance mode to close the site put a notice then open it whenever I finish.

@SoyokoAnis Extension:Maintenance is declined as an extension as it provides access to database scrips that only system administrators can run. However, if you need any maintenance scripts run on your wiki, you may contact any member of Site Reliability Engineering and they will run them for you. If you need to temporarily "close" the site to editing etc, you can use the ProtectSite extension to lockdown all pages, which can be enabled via Special:ManageWiki/extensions

It is not clear what exactly the maintenance extension has to do with "Point and Shop" system.

SoyokoAnis renamed this task from Point System and Shop System to Maintenance Mode.Apr 21 2020, 17:53
SoyokoAnis updated the task description. (Show Details)

Sadly, we cannot, and will not support the ext you requested, as it can pose security risks, as well as the ability to run the scripts is limited to Miraheze Site Reliability Engineering

Zppix beat me to the closing of the task... however, as I noted above, if you need/want to temporarily disable editing or other actions across your wiki, you may use the ProtectSite extension (can be found in Special:ManageWiki/extensions) to do so.

Alternatively, you can go to Special:ManageWiki/permissions and remove the edit permission from all user groups except a specific one (such as sysop/administrators). This will accomplish the same thing.

What I'd like to happen is for nobody to see anything except for a message .

I didn't want to break my wiki or create risks for it.

I apologize for wasting your time.

What I'd like to happen is for nobody to see anything except for a message .

Unfortunately, that's not possible. You can use MediaWiki:Sitenotice to make a notice appear at the top of every page, but unless you temporarily make your wiki private and then put the notice on the main page, it is not possible for everyone to suddenly not see anything except a notice.

Site Notice might be even better. How can I enable or it or is it an extension?

Site Notice is not an extension. Rather, you can go to the page titled MediaWiki:Sitenotice on your wiki, and whatever you write on that page will be visible to all users at the top of every page. After writing a new sitenotice though, you need to go to MediaWiki:Sitenotice_id and increase the number on that page by one (i.e. if it says 0, it needs to say 1, and so on).